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#NotreDame: The dog-whistle Islamophobia and conspiracism following the #NotreDameCathedralFire must be challenged - notably from verified accounts. [Thread].
1️⃣ Frank Gaffney (anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist)
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Gaffney has appeared on BBC Radio 4.
1️⃣ Frank Gaffney (anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist)
tellmamauk.org/how-breitbart-…
Gaffney has appeared on BBC Radio 4.
2️⃣ Stefan Molyneux
Molyneux boasts 397k followers and spent much of yesterday evening promoting #NotreDameCathedralFire arson conspiracy theories.
He's also promoted Islamophobic conspiracy theories about refugees and migrants.
Molyneux boasts 397k followers and spent much of yesterday evening promoting #NotreDameCathedralFire arson conspiracy theories.
He's also promoted Islamophobic conspiracy theories about refugees and migrants.
3️⃣ Paul Joseph Watson/Infowars.
Watson used the #NotreDameCathedralFire to frame the tragedy through a grander, divisive lens of civilisational struggle.
The Alex Jones Show headlined it "Is Notre Dame Fire A Signal Of France's Islamic Takeover?".
Watson used the #NotreDameCathedralFire to frame the tragedy through a grander, divisive lens of civilisational struggle.
The Alex Jones Show headlined it "Is Notre Dame Fire A Signal Of France's Islamic Takeover?".
4️⃣ Ben Shapiro
Shapiro invoked the mythic Judeo-Christian culture/values (theconversation.com/why-judeo-chri…) argument following the #NotreDameCathedralFire.
Canadian terrorist Alexandre Bissonnette searched Shapiro's Twitter 89 times a month before the attack on Muslims in Quebec City.
Shapiro invoked the mythic Judeo-Christian culture/values (theconversation.com/why-judeo-chri…) argument following the #NotreDameCathedralFire.
Canadian terrorist Alexandre Bissonnette searched Shapiro's Twitter 89 times a month before the attack on Muslims in Quebec City.
5️⃣ Mike Cernovich
Mike Cernovich boasts 460k followers on Twitter, and also spent much of yesterday promoting #NotreDameCathedralFire arson conspiracies.
Again, not the civilisational framing.
Mike Cernovich boasts 460k followers on Twitter, and also spent much of yesterday promoting #NotreDameCathedralFire arson conspiracies.
Again, not the civilisational framing.
6️⃣ Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck: If Notre Dame fire "was started by Islamists, I don't think you'll find out about it"
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Glenn Beck: If Notre Dame fire "was started by Islamists, I don't think you'll find out about it"
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7️⃣Katie Hopkins
Hopkins, who boasts almost one million Twitter followers, made a similar dog-whistle argument about “Judeo-Christian” culture following the #NotreDameCathedralFire
Reject such narratives and Islamophobic dog whistles.
Hopkins, who boasts almost one million Twitter followers, made a similar dog-whistle argument about “Judeo-Christian” culture following the #NotreDameCathedralFire
Reject such narratives and Islamophobic dog whistles.
